Radon test measurement with Ce-doped yttrium aluminum oxide perovskite scintillator

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 353-358

  Plastino, W ^a,b   De Felice, P ^c   de Notaristefani, F ^a,b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometry; Geophysics; Radon; Radon daugthers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; RADON;

EID: 29144465713     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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